Yes, Chilli Monster, I am with you on this one.
The flying instructor's job is about informed "risk evaluation". When you send any solo flight but especially early solos you take all factors into account, i.e. the weather, the traffic situation, the student etc. This is the very nature of the beast we are dealing with.
Part of learning to fly is making decisions. On an early solo the instructor makes most of those decisions but the student has also to learn how to make his own decisions and hopefully learn from them.